I think I will just move all of the recipes on the 101 Cookbooks blog over to my site. Ever since my daughter Lisa told me about cookbook author Heidi Swanson's blog, I have loved her "natural whole foods vegetarian" recipes so much! In 2003, Heidi vowed to curb her urge to buy more cookbooks and begin to try new recipes from her collection, as well as magazine clippings tucked away into overflowing drawers... and she would blog about it. Sounds like Heidi was a predecessor of Julie Powell that the Julie and Julia movie was based upon. To avoid the pitfall that Heidi is describing (collecting recipes and doing nothing with them), I will not be transferring all of Heidi's recipes over to my blog without trying them... like I was really going to do that anyway. All of the recipes that you will find on my blog... I have personally made, tweaked sometimes, and taken my own photos. My hope is that you, my readers, might join me in building your own repertoire of tried-and-true nourish-your-body recipes. Heidi's cookbook: Super Natural Cooking
Peanut Butter Krispy Treats
¾ cup unsalted peanut butter (non-hydrogenated w/o sugar)
¾ cup maple syrup (the real deal… not Mrs. Butterworth’s)
1 ½ tsp fine-grain sea salt
2 ½ tsp agar agar flakes (available at health food store)
4 cups unsweetened (or lightly sweetened) crisp brown rice cereal
¾ cup pistachios (1/2 cup whole + ¼ cup chopped)
Line two muffin tins with about 18 muffin/cupcake wrappers (or one muffin tin with 12 wrappers) and set aside. Combine the peanut butter, maple syrup, salt, and agar agar flakes in a large saucepan over low heat and stir constantly until smooth, hot, melted, and bubbling just a bit. Add the cereal and ½ cup pistachios and stir until well coated. Spoon two heaping tbsp of the mixture into each muffin wrapper. (These are seriously so good that 2 tbsp isn’t going to satisfy you, so I just filled the wrappers up to divide the mixture evenly among 12.) If you want squares, you can press the mixture into an 8 X 8-inch baking dish. Sprinkle with the ¼ cup chopped pistachios and refrigerate until completely cool. This helps the agar agar to set. (I didn’t refrigerate mine. I just dug in.)